South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1732
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 22.1.2013
HSJ reports on a pioneering project to keep patients with long-term conditions out of hospital - and the rest of today’s news
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HSJ KnowledgeA holistic approach to patient care
GPs and others are helping patients manage their health and avoid hospital visits
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HSJ Local
Text message reminders saves trust £84,000
FINANCE: A text message service reminding patients about their outpatient appointments at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has saved more than £84,000 in eight months.
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NewsPatient leaders concerned over CCG lay member strength
Some clinical commissioning groups have appointed lay people with insufficient experience and skills, patient leaders have said.
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Blogs
Is it harder to be an honest senior manager in today’s NHS?
League tables, naming and shaming and austerity have put more pressure on managers in the public sector, making if difficult for some to remain honest and open.
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NewsWealthy south set to gain from public health funding boost
The Department of Health has almost doubled some councils’ public health allocations, according to research which reveals authorities in the relatively wealthy south and east are among the biggest winners.
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NewsCouncils to lead key shift in care
The former council chief heading the sector’s efforts to improve living arrangements for people with learning disabilities has described the drive as a “seminal moment” in health and care services.
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HSJ Local
DH gives London £82.5m to cope with winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: The Department of Health has allocated an extra £82.5m to London to help it cope with winter pressures.
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HSJ Local
Urinary tract infection issues hit Heatherwood and Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: More than a fifth of catheterised patients at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust had a urinary tract infection latest data shows.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood and Wexham Park fails on stroke target
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has failed persistently to meet one of its main performance targets on stroke care.
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NewsNicholson: 'more' community focused care required
Care for older people needs a fundamental shift towards caring for them in the community rather than hospitals that are “very bad places”, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
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Blogs
Commissioning board fumbles on waiting times
The draft NHS contract penalises hospitals who treat their long-waiters, but not if they keep them waiting. Why?
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 21.1.2013
Nicholson and Hunt both give national newspaper interviews and the rest of today’s news
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Comment
Shifting care closer to home: slogan or solution?
We must reimagine the wider health and social care system
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HSJ KnowledgeThe fight to transform emergency care
How one trust got emergency care performance back on track
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to assess your human capital initiative
Finding the best evaluation approach to show value for money
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NewsMid Staffs struggles with patient satisfaction test
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has recorded the third-lowest score in the latest set of results from the midlands and east of England pilot of the friends and family test.
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HSJ Local
Rape charge HCA remanded to crown court
WORKFORCE: A healthcare assistant who worked at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has been remanded to appear before a crown court.
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NewsNHS earmarks £300m to put hospitals through failure regime
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are planning a £300m joint contract to pay for failing trusts to go through the special administration regime.
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HSJ Local
Shortage of secondary care doctors for London CCG boards
STRUCTURE: Minutes presented to NHS London said there was a shortage of secondary care doctors “of appropriate calibre” to sit on clinical commissioning group boards.